Re: pg_primary_conninfo

Le 28/12/2010 17:50, Gurjeet Singh a écrit :
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>>
>> I can see the point of, say, a primary_host_address() function returning
>> inet, which would be way better on both those dimensions than the
>> current proposal. But I'm not sure what else would be needed.
>>
>>
> +1, since it bypasses security risks associated with exposing
> username/password.
>
> Ability to see port number will be a useful addition.
>
> Another case to consider is what if slave is connected to a local server
> over unix-domain sockets? Returning NULL might make it ambiguous with the
> case where the instance has been promoted out of standby.
>

The host should be the socket file path.

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